Posts Tagged “character development”

Character Spotlight: Illithias

By | February 11, 2011

Art by Kost The Night Elf sitting on the bar doesn’t turn her pretty head to you when you enter. She’s too busy starring daggers at the ‘arcanist’ in the corner: The blonde one with a pony tail and the spectacles. Her good side to you, you can tell she’s young and pretty–at least she [...]

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Recurring Themes

By | August 2, 2010

Think back over the last few story arcs your characters have been part of.  Or, if you’re thinking up a new character, take a moment and think about some of the stories you’d like them to participate in. Are there any sorts of common threads you notice when you consider those plots?  What about the [...]

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What Does Your Capital Look Like?

By | June 3, 2010

For the Wildfire Riders, and their allies/foils, Stormwind has more to offer than what the game client shows us. On the canal side of the Cathedral district, a gnome chef opened a high end restaurant called Galahad. It caters to the rich, the powerful and the noble. The Executive Chef, Noy “Gears” Rom may, or [...]

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Wrathgate Wednesday: A Broken Nose

By | May 19, 2010

Welcome to the penultimate installment in Wrathgate Wednesday. As the Riders have scattered to the four winds, Bricu and Varenna work to keep one of their own from committing suicide by scourge… Lady Varenna Sungale by *JRinaldi on deviantART Varenna raised her shield and blocked both of Illithias’ slashes. “Il-Illithias! Stop!” Varenna shouted at her. [...]

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Wrathgate Wednesday: Arthas

By | March 24, 2010

Welcome to another edition of Wrathgate Wednesday, the collaborative fiction by the Wildfire Riders of US Feathermoon. This is the segment of the cut scene where Arthas appears. The Scourge called to their King, and he has come. Any hope the Wildfire Riders had at rallying has completely, and utterly, disappeared. Herein lies the another [...]

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RP Archetypes: The Mentor

By | March 8, 2010

Part of fleshing out a character’s backstory is taking a look at what people played a significant part in his or her life — parents and guardians, siblings, relatives, friends, old flames.  What impact did they have on his upbringing?  If she lost someone early on, did that cause her to look for others to [...]

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Fleshing Out Your Character: Insecurities

By | February 1, 2010

When you’re creating a character, it’s often easy to think about the traits that make him cool to hang out with, or to figure out what abilities she prides herself on.  But what about the things that make her feel self-conscious or insecure?  What does your character dread will get pointed out about him? These [...]

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One Amongst Many

By | January 7, 2010

The Wildfire Riders – Bricu by *JRinaldi on deviantART In order to count all of Yva’s alts, I need to count on both of my hands. Falconesse has at least three alts. Most of the other Riders have at least two alts. While people following GotRP’s twitter stream answers the question, “How many alts do [...]

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All The Game Needs is Shot in the Arm

By | December 17, 2009

From all the rumblings I’ve heard on Feathermoon, it seems that 3.3 dropped at just the right time. End game content, specifically the Tourney, had been played out. Thanks to Fall of the Lich King raiders–including RP-Radiers–have new content to throw themselves into. The patch is a booster shot: It is giving players enough content [...]

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Wrathgate Wednesday: Pushback

By | December 16, 2009

faloon vs a vargul by ~cptndunsel on deviantART — At the Wrathgate, it was only a matter of time before the Lich King pushed back the initial Charge. Poor Aely was a witness, away from the Riders, to that counter-attack. For the Riders on the Hill, we have another italics post.  This post provided the [...]

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